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Sources say that Donnie Walsh is ready to offer Milwaukee point guard Ramon Sessions the
first Knicks restricted contract of the summer. The deal would be a modest one, but it would
cut into the precious 2010 fund, something Walsh been reluctant to do. But the delay appears
to be over the status of Bruce Bowen with the Bucks.

"Sessions is more of a priority than Nate because he fits the system so perfectly," one source
said. "But it would seem the Bowen situation seems to be holding everything up."

What Milwaukee does with Bowen has the Knicks' attention and seems to be the reason Walsh
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sign and trade for Sessions, get Bowen in the deal and either buy him out or make him our new enforcer since we haven't had one since Kurt Thomas

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Sources say that Donnie Walsh is ready to offer Milwaukee point guard Ramon Sessions the
first Knicks restricted contract of the summer. The deal would be a modest one, but it would
cut into the precious 2010 fund, something Walsh been reluctant to do. But the delay appears
to be over the status of Bruce Bowen with the Bucks.

"Sessions is more of a priority than Nate because he fits the system so perfectly," one source
said. "But it would seem the Bowen situation seems to be holding everything up."

What Milwaukee does with Bowen has the Knicks' attention and seems to be the reason Walsh
has yet to make the Milwaukee guard an offer.[/code]

sign and trade for Sessions, get Bowen in the deal and either buy him out or make him our new enforcer since we haven't had one since Kurt Thomas

I'm down to have Bowen... Maybe he can spot up at the 2 if necessary and give us perimeter toughness. Plus he's good to shoot the corner J.

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Knicks team president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D'Antoni met with former Pacers point
guard Jamaal Tinsley yesterday in what was described as a feeling-out meeting to gauge
mutual interest. Tinsley, released by Indiana last week, has drawn interest from the Heat and
Sixers. He has a checkered history that includes two late-night incidents where guns were
fired -- once by then-teammate Stephen Jackson -- in Indiana. So the Knicks no doubt were
curious to chat with the 31-year-old Brooklyn product. Walsh drafted him for the Pacers so he
knows why he would want Tinsley for the Knicks -- and also why he wouldn't. -- NY
Post[/code]

the hell is donnie walsh doing?????? mayne yall have faith in this dude, im starting to think he wants to surround the fuccin team with bums realgm said knicks is meeting with jamal tinsley? mayne df can he do ! sign nate and lee and start from there !!!!!

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Things appear to be quiet on the trade front, although as long as Carlos Boozer is still in Utah
and New York's David Lee remains unsigned, there is still a chance for the Bulls to make a
significant move. Boozer is going to leave the Jazz sooner or later, but if Utah can't find a way
to trim its payroll in a deal, he could stay on the roster into next season. "We're still in contact
with a number of teams," GM Gar Forman said. "We're always exploring ways we can get
better." -- Arlington Herald[/code]

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There was no movement on the David Lee and Nate Robinson fronts. "There's nothing new
right now," said Lee's agent Mark Bartelstein. "It's just something we're working at very hard.
-- NY Post [/code]

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Ramon Sessions could receive a contract offer from the Knicks as early as Friday, a.ssuming
they don't have a change of heart and shift their point-guard focus to Allen Iverson. Mike
D'Antoni is said to favor Sessions, a restricted free agent who enjoyed a breakout season for
Milwaukee last year. However, Iverson could be a cheaper alternative because the perennial
All-Star is willing to accept a one-year contract that would cost the Knicks their $5.85 million
mid-level exception. Sessions, 23, is hoping to receive a multi-year contract starting with the
mid-level exception. The Bucks would have seven days to match the offer. -- NY Daily
News[/code]

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A meeting Thursday afternoon between Knicks restricted free agent David Lee and Walsh in
New York may have helped clear the air between the forward and the team, but it didn't lead
to any movement toward a new deal. Lee and his agent, Mark Bartlestein, met with Walsh at
the team's practice facility in Greenburgh, N.Y., to discuss the stalemate between the two
sides that has gone on since the start of free agency. Lee is seeking a multi-year deal that
averages $10 to $12 million per season; the Knicks will not offer anything other than a
one-year deal, in order to preserve potential salary cap space that would be used on next
summer's crop of free agents. They reiterated that position in the meeting with Lee. --
NBA.com[/code]

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Marc Stein reports that the Knicks are on the verge of making an offer to restricted
free-agent Ramon Sessions. New York has all of its mid-level exception remaining and Donnie
Walsh is reportedly prepared to give Sessions a longer-term contract with the aim of forcing
the Bucks to let Sessions go.

"One trusted source insists that the Knicks believe they can extend Sessions far enough to
dissuade Milwaukee from matching but without affecting their well-chronicled strategy to leave
enough salary-cap space to recruit one maximum-salaried free agent in the summer of 2010,"
writes Stein.

The Bucks are competing with the Cavs and Sixers to sign forward Hakim Warrick.[/code]

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The New York Knicks have been awarded exclusive rights to negotiate with veteran guard
Jason Williams through Aug. 6 after putting in a waiver claim Friday, according to NBA front-
office sources.

In February, his agent, Dan Tobin, said the 10-year veteran was determined to come back
in spite of the ruling that prevented Williams from latching on with a contender late last
season.

"We anticipated this decision," Tobin said then. "So did Jason. But we look forward to seeing
Jason back in the NBA in the 2009-10 season.

"One of the reasons we applied for reinstatement now was that we'd like to try to
accelerate the process of him coming back."[/code]

I WAS THE FRONTRUNNER FOR THIS TO POSSIBLY HAPPEN....gotta be on crack if you wouldn't like to see J-Will work the f**k out this system

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Ramon Sessions' agent, James "Chubby" Wells, said Friday that he might have an offer for his
client by the beginning of next week.

"We're really trying to shoot for Monday and Tuesday," Wells said of finishing a deal. "We have
been talking with a couple of teams and we're really trying to get some clarification and some
finality. We're shooting for early next week."

The Knicks, Clippers and an unnamed third team are interested in inking Sessions.[/code]

The Knicks' tango with Ramon Sessions could wrap up tomorrow, according to his agent.
Chubby Wells, agent for the young Bucks point guard, told The Post yesterday Sessions
could accept a Knicks offer either today or tomorrow. "We've been playing footsie with the
Knicks the last two weeks," Wells said. "I'm sure we'll clarify something in the next couple
days with the Knicks or another team and figure out what's going on." The Clippers, who
waived guard Mike Taylor, are the other team involved, but the Knicks appear to be the
frontrunners because they are able to offer Sessions a starting role. In a nutshell, Knicks
coach Mike D'Antoni is lobbying to sign Sessions, 23, but team president Donnie Walsh is
concerned a long-term deal starting at the mid-level exception of $5.8 million will
compromise the Knicks' 2010 salary cap space, even though free-agent forward David Lee
could be headed for a one-year pact. According to a source, Walsh wants to sign Sessions
to a long-term deal starting at less than $5.8 million so that his 2010-2011 cap number will
be less than $6 million. The source said a number of proposals have been discussed,
including a one-year contract. -- NY Post[/code]